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Iran’s Rouhani: Tactical Shift at the UN

Rouhani’s goal is to reinforce Iran’s entrenched revolutionary ideal of anti-Americanism… Read more

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Diplomacy • Economy • Iran • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Nations 
Posted on Sat, January 24, 2015 at 19:59 pm CET
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ISIS’s Ideology and Vision, and their Implementation

A Sunni Islamic extremist organization… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Westernism • Global Islam • Global Jihad • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iraq • Islamic State • Syria 
Posted on Thu, August 29, 2013 at 21:35 pm CEST
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Writing the bin Laden Story

Reviewing the biographies of America’s late enemy number one… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Islamic Terrorism • Jihadism • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Thu, March 21, 2013 at 21:01 pm CET
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Obama Visit to Israel: A Love Fest with Lots of Policy Complications

The Obama visit to Israel has become an unlimited love fest with expressions of mutual admiration and total agreement… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Obamaism • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Fri, February 22, 2013 at 17:21 pm CET
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Why the CIA Director is Wrong: Rethinking al-Qaida

It’s time, a dozen years after September 11 and following Islamist coups in the Middle East, to rethink completely our view of al-Qaida… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Counter-terrorism • Muslim Brotherhood • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Mon, February 18, 2013 at 20:03 pm CET
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My Life’s Work: U.S. Foreign Policy Analysis

Part two of Barry Rubin’s life work…. Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Diplomacy • Politics • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Wed, January 30, 2013 at 17:12 pm CET
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Why Do Americans – Especially Among the Contemporary Elite – Believe Their Country is Evil?

The American elite has convinced itself and a large portion of the country’s youth that America’s whole history is evil… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Europe • France • History • Islamophobia • Obamaism • Political Correctness • United States of America • Western Culture 
Posted on Sun, January 6, 2013 at 15:10 pm CET
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Al Gore Sells Out (to an Islamist Television Network)

What would you call it if a former vice-president of the United States had sold his television network to an Islamist television network at a time when such forces threatened America?… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Qatar • The Media • United States of America 
Posted on Mon, November 26, 2012 at 16:21 pm CET
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The Islamist Regime’s Game Plan for Egypt

What’s been happening in Egypt this week is as important as the revolution that overthrew the old regime almost two years ago… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics • Religion 
Posted on Sun, November 4, 2012 at 15:06 pm CET
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The Sunni-Shia Conflict Will Be the Major Feature of Middle East Politics for Decades

We are not just talking here about theological differences but a battle between individual leaders, organizations, and states for power and primacy… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Islamism • Politics • Religion • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Sunni-Shia Conflict 
Posted on Tue, October 30, 2012 at 19:36 pm CET
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A Short Guide to the Benghazi Issue: What Is It Really All About?

The chickens have come back to roost and have roosted in the White House. And the vultures are gathering…. Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Libya • Obamaism • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, October 5, 2012 at 22:06 pm CEST
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Why They Love Usama, Hate Obama, and How Obama Uses the Same Tactic at Home

Why are tens of thousands of Middle Eastern Muslims chanting about how much they love Usama bin Ladin and how much they hate Barack (Hussein) Obama… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Global Islam • Obamaism • Religion 
Posted on Fri, July 13, 2012 at 21:06 pm CEST
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Obama’s spectacular failure

Obama came into office with a theory on which he based his Middle East policy. His theory was that jihadists hate America because the US supports Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Egypt • History • Islamic Terrorism • Jihadism • Obamaism • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Mon, June 25, 2012 at 13:45 pm CEST
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Turkey trots toward Islamism

The Turkish regime is gradually suppressing freedom as its society moves steadily toward a more hardline Islamic identity… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Israelism • Gaza Flotillas and Convoys • Islamism • Neo-Ottomanism • Politics • Religion • Turkey 
Posted on Mon, May 21, 2012 at 00:54 am CEST
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Mexican Jihad

As the United States considers the Islamic jihadi threats confronting it from all sides, it would do well to focus on its southern neighbor, Mexico… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Hezbollah • Islamic Terrorism • Jihadism • Mexico • Security and Defense • Slavery in Islam • Taqiyya 
Posted on Sun, May 20, 2012 at 14:50 pm CEST
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Latin America as an Arena for Iranian-Hezbollah Terrorism

Iran regards Latin America as an arena for terrorist activity, which the Iranian regime considers an instrument for promoting its strategic objectives… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Argentina • Brazil • Chile • Counter-terrorism • Hezbollah • Iran • Politics • Religion • Security and Defense • Shi'ism • Shia Islam • Venezuela 
Posted on Sun, May 20, 2012 at 14:49 pm CEST
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Latin America as an Arena for Iran and Hezbollah’s Terrorist, Subversive and Criminal Activities

Since Ahmadinejad was elected president in August 2005, Iran has extended and solidified its relations with several Latin American countries, especially Venezuela and Bolivia, and increased its efforts to obtain a political foothold in the others… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Argentina • Brazil • Hezbollah • Iran • Politics • Religion • Shi'ism • Shia Islam • Venezuela 
Posted on Wed, April 18, 2012 at 19:23 pm CEST
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Hillary Clinton Implies: Pro-Israel Sentiment Doesn’t Reflect America

Sometimes a secretary of state is asked tough questions. How they are answered shows the underlying philosophy of official and government… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Israelism • Democracy • Israel • Political Correctness • Tunisia • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Sat, April 7, 2012 at 14:37 pm CEST
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Are Jihadists Crazy?

Muslims who kill in the name of their religion frequently evade punishment in Western courts by pleading insanity or mental incompetence… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Christianism • Anti-Westernism • Global Islam • Global Jihad • Islamic Terrorism • Jihadism • Political Correctness • Religion 
Posted on Mon, February 27, 2012 at 16:01 pm CET
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Debate in the Mainstream Arabic-Speaking Universe: Only One Flavor Available

Westerners tend to believe that the debate in the Arabic-speaking universe is sort of like debate in the West… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Anti-Americanism • Anti-Zionism • Arab Spring • Arab World • Russian Federation • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, February 21, 2012 at 21:21 pm CET
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The Two Faces of Al Jazeera

One of the principal beneficiaries of the Arab uprisings has been Al Jazeera television… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Anti-Semitism • Arab Spring • Islamism • Qatar • The Media 
Posted on Mon, February 6, 2012 at 14:29 pm CET
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Egypt: When the Moderates are Radicals You’re in Trouble

The Middle East is so strange in Western terms, so different, and having its own unique history and institutions that unless you are really aware of those differences please pick something else to be an expert on… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Egypt • Islamic Fundamentalism 
Posted on Sat, December 10, 2011 at 13:14 pm CET
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The ‘Angry Arab’ Goes Mad

As’ad AbuKahlil spoke last month at a day-long “teach-in” at the University of California… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Christianism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Anti-Zionism • Global Islam • Islamism • Jihadism • Multiculturalism • Religion 
Posted on Tue, December 6, 2011 at 22:43 pm CET
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The Majdalani Effect, the Zawahiri Strategy and the Middle East Curse

In a rare glimpse behind the curtain, a Palestinian scandal sheds a lot of light on the Palestinian Authority, Arab politics, and Western illusions… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Anti-Americanism • Anti-Christianism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Arab Spring • Culture • Islamism • Jihadism • Palestinian Authority • Politics • Taqiyya • The Middle East 
Posted on Mon, November 28, 2011 at 03:20 am CET
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WikiLeaks: Syria’s Proxy War in Iraq

The Islamists in Seidnaya responsible for the riots were part of a cadre of inmates sent to Iraq sometime after 2003 to fight with the insurgency… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Iraq • Security and Defense • Syria • WikiLeaks